A bunny, boiled: “Fatal Attraction” and my strange history with it. How this trashy thriller from the 1980s intersected with my own life in rather uncomfortable ways.
A timely warning: The prophetic words of Rutherford B. Hayes. What we saw in the news this week ultimately stems from what Hayes warned us about.
Historic Photo: Paris in winter, near Saint-Augustin Church, 1952. Paris was a bit bleak in the first few postwar years, but it never lost its charm or resilience.
Year’s end: The best of the Garden in 2025. Goodbye to 2025. Here are what I think are the best articles I wrote this year.
The Poseidon phenomenon: Thoughts on a New Year’s Eve disaster that never was. Had the events of the 1972 film occurred in real life, the Poseidon would be the most famous cursed ship in history.
The Truce of 1914: A thought of hope for Christmas. The famous World War I Christmas Eve truce still has lessons for us today on how to imagine a better world.